Wheel-rim



(No Model.) v

T., KUNDTZ.-

WHEEL RIM.

No. 563,774. Patented-13u@ M, i896= l? A 0%@ ffww/ w\ M -To all whom it may concern.-

'UNITED VSTATES PATENTv trice.

THEoDoR KUNDTZ, 'on oLnvELAND, cino.

WHEEL-RIM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,774, dated. July 14, 1896.

Application filed September v9, 1895. Serial No. 561,882. (No model.) Y

Be it known that I, Trinonon Kenora, of Cleveland, in lthe county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WheeLRims; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to improvements in wheel-rims, and more especially to Wheel-rims that are used inthe construction of bicyclewheels, the object being to construct a Wheelrini that is not liable vto Warp or bend out of shape, and that will not, in use, split at the spoke-engaging holes; (that possesses great resiliency, strength, and durability, and has not the joints 'between the layers of which it is composed exposed to the weather. Q

lWith this object in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation, partly in section, of a Wheelrim embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan relative to Fig. l, and portions are broken away in this gure to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the wheel-rim, but the rim is shown on a larger scale in Fig. 3 than in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of awheel-rim einbodying'iny invention and shows a construction substantially the saine but slightly different from the construction shown in Fig. l

3. Fig. 5 shows a longitudinal section of a portion of a wheel-rim that has the coniparatively thin wooden layer D composed of several pieces arranged at suitable intervals'.

My improved Wheel-rim is preferably conf cavo-convex in cross-section, as shown is Figs.

3 and i. The inner periphery of 'the' rim is convex in 'cross-section, and the outer periphery, that forms the Seat for the tire of the wheel, is concave in cross-section. The inner convex peripheral surface of the wheelrim is formed upon a circular bar or strip A,

and the'outer portions a of the outer peripheral surface of the rim are also preferably formed upon said strip or bar A. Bar or strip A, at .its outer periphery and central portion, is grooved or recessed circumferen- `of the Wheel-rim. comparatively thin and may be composed of tially, as at A. The recess of groove A', in

the outer face of strip or bar A,is deep enough toreceive three layers of'wood. The inner layer B is suitably fitted and glued or cemented within the inner portion of the aforesaid groove or recess. and is suitably glued or cemented within the outer portion of recess or groove A',.and is preferably concave upon its outer face, 'and has its said concave surface iush with the outer concave surfaces of bar or strip A, as shown in Figs. Bandit. Earor strip A and the inner and outer layers of Wood Within the recess or groove in said -strip or bar A have their grain running lengthwise thereof, that The' is, circumferentially of the Wheel-rim. centrally-'located layer D occupies the central portion of groove or recess A', and is suitably glued or cemented to the opposing surfaces of the inner and outer layers B and C. The

The outer layer C lits central layer D has its ygrain running transv ersely thereof and consequently crosswise The central layer D is veneer. The inner and outer layers B and C are preferably composed, respectively, of

a single strip or bar, and the central layer is preferably composed of several pieces', and the latter may be arranged at intervals, as shown in lilig.l 5, if desired.

E designates the holes made in theivheeL rim for the reception of the spokes of the bicycle-wheel in the construction .whereof the rim is used. Holes E extend through strip or bar A and through the diierent layers of Wood seated in the groove or recess A' of said bar.

I would here remark that a Wheel-rim constructed according to my invention will not Warp and cannot possibly split at the spokereceivingholes .E from the great strain to which itis liable to be subjectedand it will also be observed that .my improved rim has not the joints between the different layers of which it is composed exposed to the Weather, and, briefly described, the hereinbefore-described rim has atriplicate reinforcement consisting of three layers contained Within the groove formed in the inner or body portion of the rim, and having the grain'of its centralv IOO reinforcing-layer crosswise of the remaining occupying and suitably seeuredwithin said groove. l

of the rim covers 'an 'the eine of the rein forcement. i

What I claim is- A 1. A Wheel-rimeonsisting of a wooden ring having an annular groovecut inA its periphery, and awoodenreinforcing-ring fitting and 2. A wheel-rim having its thickness composed of different wooden layers whose grain runs lengthwise thereof, and a wooden layer located at any suitable .point between the inner periphery and outer periphery of the rim,

and composed of any suitable number of com- I tially at its outer face, reinforcing wooden layers suitably secured within the groove or recess of the body portion and extending circuniferentially of the body portion and glued or cemented within said recess or groove, and

one of said internal Wooden layers arranged' within said recess or groove and composed of any suitable number-of thin Wooden strips or pieces that have their grain running crosswise of therim,` substantially 4as shownfor the purpose specified.

4. A wheel-rim consistingof awooden bar or strip that forms the inner portion of the.

wheel-rim, which strip or bar is recessed or grooved centrally and circumferentially at its outer face; two wooden layers that have their or cemented within said groove or recess, and any suitable number of thin Wooden strips or pieces interposed between and suitably glued or cemented to said wooden'layers and havling their grain running crosswise Vof the rim, substantially, as shown, for the purpose specified.-

5. A wheel-rim comprisin g a circular wooden strip or bar provided, at the central portion of its outer periphery, with a groove or recess extending circumferentially of the rim, 'and three wooden layers suitably secured within said recess or groove5-and-fthe centralV 'layer consisting of any suitable number of thin stri-ps or pieces suitably glued or cemented lbetween the outer layer and inner layer, and

having its grain running crosswise of the rim, and the inner layer and outer layer having their grain running longitudinally'thereof', substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.' y

' 6. A wheel-rim comprising the. circular wooden bar or strip A concave-convex in crossvsection and havmg'the convex surface forming the inner periphery of the rim, said bar or strip, at the central portion of its outer periphery, being provided with an annular groove or recess A', the three wooden layers, B, C and D suitably fitted and-secured within said recess or groove, the outer layer having its outer surface concave and Hush with the concave surfaces of the aforesaid strip or bar, and the central layer being composed of any suitable number of comparatively thin wooden strips or pieces that have their grain running crosswise of the Wheel-rim, and the inner layer and outer layer having their grain running vvlon gitudinallth ereof, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this speciication, in the presencekof two witnesses, this 3d y day of September, 1895. f grain running longitudinally, fitted and glued l i -TIIEODOR KUN DTZ. Witnesses:

CHAS. II. DoRER, ELLA E. TILDEN. 

